Sucupira - A Platform for the Evaluation of Graduate Education in Brazil

摘要

Brazil has an extensive program for graduate studies with about 6.400 courses in various fields of study throughout the country. The institutions offering these courses have to send annual reports of data related to professors, students, and projects among other things to the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES). This agency is responsible for collecting and processing the data through the Sucupira platform. At this time, CAPES is in the process of developing and implementing a Current Research Information System (CRIS) to improve the quality of data received and accessibility to end users.